"One billion barrels of crude oil discovered in Northeast" - Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timpre Sylva

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The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva has announced that about one billion barrels of crude oil have been discovered in the Northeast region of the country.
Sylvia disclosed this on Wednesday February 12, while speaking at the end of the 2020 Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS) in Abuja. He stated that there is need for more exploration in the country as more oil would be discovered.
He said;
“The figure we are getting, the jury is not totally out yet, but from the evaluation results we are getting, the reserve that has been discovered in the northeast is about a billion barrels.
“Those are the kind of figures we are seeing and we are beginning to understand the geological structure of the region."
On passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) by June 2020, Sylva said;
"We are banking on the fact today, to make that promise on the fact that there is a very cordial relationship now between the legislature and executive.
”Today, Nigerians all agree that there is a need for us to pass the PIB.
”For so long we have been quivering about the PIB, for more than 20 years. And for so long, we have not been able to attract a lot of investment into the oil sector.
”Let me give you an example. By 2002, our oil reserves stood at around 22 billion barrels. We were able to grow that reserve from 22 billion barrels to 37 billion barrels by 2007.
”From 2007 to now, we have only been able to grow our reserves from 37 billion barrels to 37.5 billion barrels, in more than 10 years. Why? Not much investment is coming into Nigeria,” he added.
“If nobody knows when laws will be passed, nobody will want to invest new capital in Nigeria. And that is why you see that we have almost been stagnant in the Nigerian oil industry.
"So, we believe today that there is a consensus among all of us – industry, Nigerians and government – that there is a need to stabilise the fiscal framework so that investors will be certain and move their money to Nigeria.
”There are very great opportunities in Nigeria, and I believe if we can only stabilise the fiscal framework and bring peace to Nigeria, investments will flow into Nigeria.
“That is really what gives me the confidence to say that there is a consensus now among all patriotic Nigerians that in six months the PIB will be passed."
Sylvia also disclosed that rehabilitation of Port Harcourt refinery would start in the first quarter of 2020. He added;
"We are going to start the rehabilitation of the port Harcourt refinery which is the biggest refinery in Nigeria, if we are able to finish the port Harcourt refinery we would have achieved a lot as a government.
“Meanwhile we are also continuing with studies around Warri refinery, we are also continuing discussions around Kaduna refineries."

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